| Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 138, Number 3, September 1999
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Contents Rome, November 3-6, 1998
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| Page(s) | 483 - 484 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999320 | |
| Published online | 15 September 1999 | |
Distribution of compact object mergers around galaxies
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Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
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Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, Warszawa, Poland
Received:
29
December
1998
Accepted:
21
April
1999
Compact object mergers are one of the favoured models of gamma ray bursts (GRB). Using a binary population synthesis code we calculate properties of the population of compact object binaries; e.g. lifetimes and velocities. We then propagate them in galactic potentials and find their distribution in relation to the host.
Key words: gamma-rays: bursts / stars: binaries; evolution
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